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The Nature of the Nonprofit Sector » Read Now
by J. Steven Ott. 434 pgs.

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Discussing everything from Andrew Carnegie's turn-of-the-century philosophy of philanthropy, to the most recent writings by current scholars, this collection of writings on the nonprofit sector in the US contains articles, chapters and essays.
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Understanding Nonprofit Organizations: Governance, Leadership, and Management » Read Now
by J. Steven Ott. 407 pgs.

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This work is a practical and tactical guide, compiling pieces that cover the internal workings and fundamentals of governing the non-profit sector. Articles cover governance, executive leadership and revenue streams, among others.
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A Corporate Form of Freedom: The Emergence of the Nonprofit Sector » Read Now
by Norman I. Silber. 181 pgs.

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...0-8133-9762-6 pbk. 1. Nonprofit organizations Law and legislation United...History 20th century. 2. Nonprofit organizations Political aspects United...By 1995, the assets...
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Nonprofits in Urban America » Read Now
by Richard C. Hula, Cynthia Jackson-Elmoore. 242 pgs.

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From their experience in nonprofit operations and their understanding of the realities of urban politics, the editors of this wide-ranging volume and their contributors dig into issues seldom explored in the literature. They study the role of nonprofits in local governing coalitions, the potential...
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From their experience in nonprofit operations and their understanding of the realities of urban politics, the editors of this wide-ranging volume and their contributors dig into issues seldom explored in the literature. They study the role of nonprofits in local governing coalitions, the potential of nonprofits to replace social welfare programs, their efforts to restructure key elements of the local political process, and the unanticipated internal impacts of the changing roles of nonprofit organizations in the urban community. The result is a compelling argument that to understand life in contemporary American cities, we must take into account the expanding role of nonprofit organizations, their response to increased service demands, and their participation in common efforts to direct policy choices.
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Managing to Survive: Managerial Practice in Not-for-Profit Organisations » Read Now
by Alun C. Jackson, Frances Donovan. 255 pgs.

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Most small not-for-profit organizations are under-resourced and under-skilled. Many are barely keeping their heads above water now that the emphasis is on contracting out work in both the public and private sectors. Most are looking for help to cope with new demands for accountability and...
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Most small not-for-profit organizations are under-resourced and under-skilled. Many are barely keeping their heads above water now that the emphasis is on contracting out work in both the public and private sectors. Most are looking for help to cope with new demands for accountability and performance assessment. Managing to Survive outlines key strategies managers can take to not only survive but improve the service their organization provides.Managing to Survive offers a broad introduction to the management issues faced in small human service organizations. It covers the basics of managing different roles and skills, staff and volunteer recruitment, training, maximising people's contribution, managing financial and physical resources and managing change. The approach is practical and the text is illustrated with real examples.
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Strategic Management for Voluntary Nonprofit Organizations » Read Now
by Roger Courtney. 324 pgs.

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This text provides a much-needed summation of strategic management issues in nonprofit organisations, and addresses both the academic theory and current practice of strategic planning and strategic management.
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Effective Fund-Raising Management » Read Now
by Kathleen S. Kelly. 663 pgs.

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...Finance--Management. 3. Nonprofit organizations--United States--Finance...relations function, because nonprofit organizations use fund-raising procedures...overall success...
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Nonprofit Enterprise in the Arts: Studies in Mission and Constraint » Read Now
by Paul J. DiMaggio. 378 pgs.

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Taking the dichotomy of nonprofit "high culture" and for-profit "popular culture" into consideration, this volume assesses the relationship between social purpose in the arts and industrial organization. DiMaggio brings together some of the best works in several disciplines that focus on the...
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Taking the dichotomy of nonprofit "high culture" and for-profit "popular culture" into consideration, this volume assesses the relationship between social purpose in the arts and industrial organization. DiMaggio brings together some of the best works in several disciplines that focus on the significance of the nonprofit form for our cultural industries, the ways in which nonprofit arts organizations are financed, and the constraints that patterns of funding place on the missions that artists and trustees may wish to pursue. Showing how the production and distribution of art are organized in the United States, the book delineates the differing roles of nonprofit organizations, proprietary firms, and government agencies. In doing so, it brings to the surface some of the special tensions that beset arts management and policy, the way the arts are changing or are likely to change, and the policy alternatives "high culture" faces.
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Starting and Managing a Nonprofit Organization: A Legal Guide » Read Now
by Bruce R. Hopkins. 342 pgs.

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The Complete Guide to Nonprofit Management » Read Now
by Robert H. Wilbur. 374 pgs.

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Handbook of Strategic Planning for Nonprofit Organizations » Read Now
by Siri N. Espy. 134 pgs.

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This is the first practical step-by-step guide to strategic planning specifically written for managers of all types of nonprofit organizations. Born out of one such manager's own successful planning efforts, it details the key techniques involved in strategy planning, such as: identifying...
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This is the first practical step-by-step guide to strategic planning specifically written for managers of all types of nonprofit organizations. Born out of one such manager's own successful planning efforts, it details the key techniques involved in strategy planning, such as: identifying organizational needs, guiding goal development, targeting markets, and developing marketing plans. Discussing a broad range of nonprofit organizations, Handbook of Strategic Planning for Nonprofit Organizations provides the nonprofit manager with the basic planning and implementation tools essential to the success of his or her organization.
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Tax Exempt Organizations » Read Now
by E. C. Lashbrooke Jr. 366 pgs.

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...through the plethora of nonprofit organizations in the United States...to identify five local nonprofit organizations as such. 1 Few individuals...determined and taxed...
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The Charitable Tax Exemption » Read Now
by John D. Colombo, Mark A. Hall. 268 pgs.

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...profits should not include "nonprofit" organizations. 16 This recognition...According to 1990 data, nonprofit organizations controlled property...toward explaining why...
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Nonprofit Management Education: U.S. and World Perspectives » Read Now
by Michael O'Neill, Kathleen Fletcher. 166 pgs.

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The rapidly growing trend of higher education programs specially tailored for managers of nonprofit agencies is no more than fifteen years old, but now these programs include thousands of students at nearly one hundred universities and colleges worldwide. Business management education developed at...
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The rapidly growing trend of higher education programs specially tailored for managers of nonprofit agencies is no more than fifteen years old, but now these programs include thousands of students at nearly one hundred universities and colleges worldwide. Business management education developed at the turn of the century, and public management began education in the 1930s; now nonprofit management education is emerging in a comparable way. This book charts the growth of and addresses the major issues and controversies surrounding this new field. The collection includes both academics and practitioners reporting their research findings and experiences with nonprofit management education. Major issues include the growth of nonprofit management as an academic field, the academic and political problems facing the field, curricular and instructional issues including new technologies such as distance learning, and the debate over whether such programs should be housed in schools of business, public administration, or in their own separate programs. The book also explores ways and means by which nonprofit management education can most effectively serve nonprofit practitioners.
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Community Organizations: Studies in Resource Mobilization and Exchange » Read Now
by Carl Milofsky. 290 pgs.

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Local nonprofit organizations are often small, loosely structured, and democratically governed, and therefore do not fit conveniently into traditional theories of organizational behavior that are rooted in administrative science and bureaucratic structure. Treating community organizations as parts...
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Local nonprofit organizations are often small, loosely structured, and democratically governed, and therefore do not fit conveniently into traditional theories of organizational behavior that are rooted in administrative science and bureaucratic structure. Treating community organizations as parts of larger systems--organizational fields or ecologies and communities--this collection of papers presents various perspectives on local nonprofit organizations from the standpoint of organizational theory. The essays draw on an array of methods and theoretical approaches taken from population ecology theories of organizations, laying the foundation for the structural analysis of community organizations.
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Cost-Effectiveness in the Nonprofit Sector: Methods and Examples from Leading Organizations » Read Now
by Gerald L. Schmaedick. 188 pgs.

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Schmaedick makes the case that responsible nonprofit managers must utilize cost-effectiveness analysis and draws examples of how it can be done from prestigious nonprofit organizations. Referencing TechnoServe's search for a practical methodology to measure the cost-effectiveness of its own work...
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Schmaedick makes the case that responsible nonprofit managers must utilize cost-effectiveness analysis and draws examples of how it can be done from prestigious nonprofit organizations. Referencing TechnoServe's search for a practical methodology to measure the cost-effectiveness of its own work, editor Schmaedick provides a unique synthesis of the principles of cost-effectiveness analysis. These guidelines are widely applicable and make cost-effective management an attainable goal for all nonprofits. Schmaedick provides some hard-nosed practical directions for nonprofit managers. Anyone seriously interested in management for cost-effectiveness will find this a challenging, but not intimidating prescription. The chapters that follow illustrate how leading nonprofit organizations in the Arts, Education, Environment, Health, Human Services, and International Development grapple with and resolve the challenge of cost-effective management.
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